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    "id": 1220674,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "address the global economic recession and social inequalities to save lives and livelihoods and to protect democratic institutions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Kenya National Action Plan activities are designed to institutionalise open Government and build greater resilience of OGP to withstand future political transitions, economic shocks among other instabilities in the region and in the world, therefore, ensuring the sustainability of the open governance discourse commitment in the action plan to include- (1) Beneficial ownership transparency. (2) Open contracting. (3) Open data for development. (4) Public participation and legislative openness. (5) Improving public service delivery performance. (6) Access to information. (7) Access to justice. (8) Building open government resilience. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a Senate, we are a strategic partner in the Open Government discourse. The Senate is the lead institution for the Parliament in the implementation of Commitment Number Four on Public Participation and Legislative Openness. One of the key milestones under the commitment in the enactment of legal framework on public participation under the public participation Bill is ongoing. This issue is long overdue. I urge the sponsor of the Bill to expedite its drafting. Once it is before the Senate, it will be prioritized. Further, I urge the co-sponsorship framework envisioned in our Standing Orders be applied in this case of public participation Bill. This notwithstanding, it is worth noting that Parliament in its power to legislate and allocate resources plays a key role in supporting Open Governance reforms. Legislation and budgetary resources help to ensure that the executive branch of all Open Government Partnership (OGP) commitments are sustainable and effective, if implemented. A proactive stance by Parliament in this case will ensure the institutionalization and effective implementation of Open Government commitments. Finally, as the ambassador for OGP in the Senate, I take this opportunity to inform hon. Senators that with the Rt. Hon. Speakers’ blessings, yourself Hon. Amason Jeffa Kingi and National Assembly Speaker Moses Masika Wetangula, we shall be launching the Parliamentary caucus on OGP on Thursday, 16th March, 2023 from 8.00 a.m. to 10.00 a.m. in the Main Parliament Buildings. I, therefore, take this opportunity to invite all of you to attend that launch. Any hon. Senators who are interested in joining that caucus are invited to join that day. I thank you for this indulgence."
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